ʻO ke kanaka nāna i hāʻawi i ka poʻe ʻAmelika i ka album hit Mr. A-Z. Ua kūʻai ʻia aku me ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma mua o 100 tausani kope. ʻO Jason Mraz kāna mea kākau, he mea mele i makemake i ke mele no ke mele, ʻaʻole no ka kaulana a me ka waiwai e hiki mai ana.
Ua hauʻoli loa ka mea mele i ka holomua o kāna album a makemake wale ʻo ia e hoʻomaha a hele i kahi e hiki ai iā ia ke hānai i nā pōpoki me ka maluhia!
Ua hoʻomaha maoli ʻo ia a hoʻi i ka palapala mele i hoʻōla hou ʻia a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka wā ma mua!
ʻIke ʻia no kāna mele hoihoi a me ka naʻau, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea mele i nā album kūʻai maikaʻi loa i kēia lā, i loaʻa pinepine i ke kūlana o ke gula a me ka platinum ʻaʻole wale ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe.
ʻO Jason Mraz ka mea i loaʻa i ʻelua Grammy Awards a me kekahi mau makana hanohano. Ua hoihoi ʻo Jason i ka mele a me ka hana keaka mai kona wā ʻōpiopio, no laila ua komo ʻo ia i ka American Academy of Music and Drama no ke aʻo ʻana.
Akā naʻe, ua haʻalele ʻo ia a neʻe i San Diego e ʻimi i kāna ʻoihana mele. I ka wā mua, ua hana ka mea mele i loko o nā keʻena no kekahi manawa ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manawa e hoʻokuʻu i kāna album. I ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa i kāna mau album, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia!
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio o Jason Mraz
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Jason Mraz ma Iune 23, 1977 ma Mechanicsville (Virginia, USA), kahi i noho ai ʻo ia i kona wā kamaliʻi a ʻōpio. No Czech ia, a ʻo kona inoa ʻo "hau" ma Czech.
Ua hemo kona mau mākua i kona wā kamaliʻi. ʻOiai he ʻohana piha ʻole, ua loaʻa iā Jason kahi wā kamaliʻi maikaʻi, kahi i ulu ai ʻo ia i kahi wahi palekana a aloha.
Ua hele ʻo Jason i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Lee-Davis kahi i ʻoliʻoli ai ʻo ia. Ma hope o ka puka ʻana, hele ʻo ia i ka American Academy of Music and Drama ma New York, kahi āna i aʻo ai no kekahi mau mahina.
Ua kākau inoa ʻo Jason ma ke Kulanui ʻo Longwood ma Virginia, akā ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana mele.
Ma hea i hoʻomaka ai?
Ua neʻe ʻo Jason Mraz i San Diego ma 1999 kahi i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia e hana me ka hui ʻo Elgin Park. Me Toca Rivera, ua lanakila lākou ma ka hale kūʻai kope o Java Joe. ʻO ko lākou hale liʻiliʻi kahi i noho ai lākou a kūkulu i ko lākou kahua pā i loko o ʻekolu mau makahiki.
I ka makahiki 2002, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ka mea mele me Elektra Records a ua hoʻokuʻu i kāna album mua ma ka inoa nui ʻo Waiting for My Rocket to Come. Ua piʻi ka album ma #55 ma ka Billboard 200 a ua hōʻoia ʻia ka platinum no ke kūʻai ʻana i hoʻokahi miliona mau ʻāpana.
Ma 2003 ua hoʻokani ʻo ia no Tracy Chapman ma ka Royal Albert Hall ma Lākana. A i ka makahiki 2004, ua hele ʻo Jason Mraz i ka huakaʻi, i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai ʻo ia i kahi album ola i kēia pō, ʻAʻole hou: ʻO Jason Mraz Live ma ka Eagles Ballroom.
ʻO kāna album studio ʻelua ʻo Mr. Ua puka mai ʻo AZ i ka makahiki 2005. Ua kūleʻa maikaʻi a piʻi ʻo ia ma ka #5 ma ka Billboard Top 200. Aia kēia album i nā mele e like me: Life Is Wonderful a me Geek in the Pink.
Ua hana ʻo Jason Mraz ma Singapore ma ka Mosaic Music Festival i ka makahiki 2006. I kēlā makahiki ua huakaʻi ʻo ia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ua hele pū ʻo ia i UK a me ʻIlelani e hoʻokani i nā ʻaha mele ʻē aʻe.
I ka makahiki 2008, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea mele i kāna album We Sing. Hula Mākou. Ua ʻaihue mākou i nā mea., i lilo i mea kaulana loa ʻaʻole wale ma US, akā i kekahi mau ʻāina ʻē aʻe. Ma mua o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i ʻekolu mau EP me nā mana acoustic o nā mele ma ka album.
Ma hope o ka kaulana nui o kāna album, ua hele ka mea mele ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e hana ana i nā ʻahamele ma nā ʻāina like ʻole o ʻEulopa, Asia a me Australia. Ua paʻi ʻo Jason Mraz i nā kiʻi mai kāna huakaʻi ma ke ʻano o kahi puke, A Thousand Things, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma 2008.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album aʻe, ʻo Love ka ʻEhā Letter Word, i ka makahiki 2012 i nā loiloi maikaʻi. ʻO kāna mele mua ʻo ia ka helu ʻAʻole wau e hāʻawi. Hoʻomaka ka album ma ka helu 2 ma ka UK Albums Chart a me ka No. 1 ma ka Canadian Albums Chart.
Ma hope o kona makemake i ka huakaʻi ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka album, hana ka mea mele ma Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles), Madison Square Garden (New York), a me ka O2 Arena ma Lākana.
ʻO kāna album hou ʻAe! hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Iulai 2014. Ma kēia album, ua hui pū ʻo ia me nā lālā o ka hui indie rock folk ʻo Raining Jane, nāna i hana ma ke ʻano he poʻe kākoʻo.
ʻO nā hana nui a me nā hoʻokō o Jason Mraz
ʻO kāna album We Sing. Hula Mākou. Aihue makou i na mea. ʻo kāna holomua loa i kēia manawa. Ua piʻi ka album ma ka #3 ma ka Billboard 200 a ua hoʻopuka i nā mele e like me Make It Mine and I'm Yours.
Ua lanakila ʻo Jason Mraz i ʻelua Grammy Awards ma 2010, hoʻokahi no Best Pop Vocal Collaboration no Laki a ʻo kekahi no Best Male Pop Vocal Performance no Make It Mine.
I ka makahiki 2013, ua loaʻa iā ia ka makana "People's Choice" no nā mea pena like ʻole.
Ke ola pilikino a me ka hoʻoilina
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Jason i ka mea mele-mele Tristan Prettyman, akā ma hope ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana. He vegan ʻo ia a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻololi kāna mau koho meaʻai i kāna mele.
Hoʻokomo ikaika ka mea mele i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kekahi mau pilikia pilikanaka, e like me: ke kaiapuni, nā pono kanaka, ka kūlike LGBT, etc.
I ka makahiki 2011, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka Jason Mraz Foundation e kākoʻo i nā hana aloha e hana ana no ke kaulike kanaka, mālama kaiapuni a me ka hoʻonaʻauao.
Ua hoʻolalelale ka album i kāna mau mea pā a hiki i Iulai 2005 i ka wā i hoʻi mai ai ka mea haku mele me nā haumāna sophomores mai Mr. AZ.
Ua kiʻekiʻe ka kaulana o Jason Mraz i ka makahiki 2008 me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o We Sing. Hula Mākou. Ua ʻaihue mākou i nā mea., ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa i ke kolu o ka wahi a hoʻokumu i kāna mele mua "ʻO wau ʻoe".
Ua puka ʻia ka album ola a Jason Mraz Beautiful Mess: Live on Earth i ka makahiki 2009, a ukali ʻia e kāna album studio ʻehā, ʻo Love Is the Four Letter Word, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma 2012.
I ke kauwela o 2014, ua hoʻi mai ʻo Mraz me Yes! (me Raining Jane); ua hoʻomaka ʻia e ke aloha hoʻokahi. I ka makahiki aʻe, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Mraz ma ka album ʻo Sarah Bareille What's Inside: Songs From The Waitress, hīmeni ʻo Bad Idea a me You Matter to Me.
A laila ua hana ʻo ia i kāna Broadway hoʻomaka ma 2017, e lawe ana i ke kuleana o Dr. Pomatter ma ke mele Waitress no nā pule he ʻumi. I ʻAukake 2018, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea mele i kāna album ʻeono, ʻike; ua hoʻomaka ia ma ka helu 9 ma ka Billboard Top 200.
